New Albany, IN (WDRB) -- Accused serial killer William Clyde Gibson was back in court Thursday afternoon. Gibson is expected to face three separate trials for each of the three alleged victims. Thursday afternoon, he was in court to get ready for his trials.
He did not speak in court. Attorneys on both sides agreed to move his first trial for the death of 75-year-old Christine Whitis from August to February of next year.
Gibson will also undergo several competency evaluations before trial. He has written letters to the media, but he has now been barred from doing that anymore.
Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson says, "I think to have a clean trial, the less of that the better. That's debated in the media, but at the same time, there is a constitutional right of freedom of speech on behalf of anyone including someone accused of a capital crime. The court has to balance that against protecting those interests."
Just last week, investigators searched an area in Starlight, Indiana where Gibson used to live back in 1999. The property owner says officers told him that Gibson says he buried two bodies there, but after a search, nothing was found.
Gibson is charged with three murders of women over the past ten years. He faces the death penalty if convicted of even one of the murders.
Gibson's first trial is set for February 18th of next year. The other trial dates have not been set.
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